SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 23, 2015--
(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today announced the lineup for its fall pilot
season which is scheduled to debut later this year exclusively on Amazon
Video in the US, UK, Germany and Austria. Amazon customers will find a
wide-range of genres in this latest slate of pilots ranging from Good
Girls Revolt, a powerful story set in 1969 about a group of young
women seeking to be treated fairly and ultimately sparking changes that
upend marriages, careers, love and friendship; Z, a half-hour
bio-series pilot of Lost Generation legend Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald and
her passionate love affair with iconic author F. Scott Fitzgerald; Highston,
a family comedy about invisible celebrity friendships to Edge, a
western set in the post-Civil War era where one cowboy doles out his own
savage brand of justice; and more.

Amazon customers will once again be invited to watch and provide
feedback on the shows they want to see turned into full series for Prime
members. All pilots will be available via the Amazon Video app for TVs,
connected devices and mobile devices, or online at Amazon.com/amazonvideo.

“Our latest pilot season brings together a diverse group of shows that
we think customers will really enjoy,” said Roy Price, Vice President,
Amazon Studios. “We have something for everyone in this season and I am
excited to see which shows spark conversation amongst our customers and
what they want to be made into series.”

Amazon’s fall pilot season includes the following shows:

Edge

Based on George G. Gilman's best-selling book series of the same name,
which has been described as “the most violent western in print,” Edge showcases
the sly, raw power of the western genre. Set in 1868, Max
Martini (Pacific Rim, Captain Phillips) stars as Josiah
‘Edge' Hedges—a Union officer turned cowboy, who prowls the post-Civil
War American West doling out his own peculiar (and savage) brand of
justice. When we meet Edge in the pilot, his mission is personal and his
vengeance hath no fury. Edge also stars Ryan
Kwanten (True Blood) as Merritt Harknett, and Yvonne
Strahovski (The Astronaut Wives Club, Chuck) as Beth. Edge was
developed by Shane
Black (Lethal Weapon, Iron Man 3) and Fred
Dekker (Tales from the Crypt, Star Trek: Enterprise),
teleplay by Dekker and Black, is directed by Black, and executive
produced by Black, Dekker, Barry
Josephson (Bones, Turn: Washington Spies), and David
Greenblatt (Battle Los Angeles).

Good Girls Revolt

In 1969, while a cultural revolution with a soundtrack to match swept
through the free world, there was still one place that refused to change
with the times: newsrooms. Good Girls Revolt follows a group of
young female researchers at "News of the Week," who simply ask to be
treated fairly. Their revolutionary request will spark convulsive
changes and upend marriages, careers, sex lives, love lives, and
friendships. Good Girls Revolt stars Genevieve
Angelson (Backstrom) as Patti, Anna
Camp (Pitch Perfect) as Jane, Erin
Darke (We Need to Talk About Kevin) as Cindy, Chris
Diamantopoulos (Silicon Valley) as Finn, Hunter
Parrish (Weeds) as Doug, Jim
Belushi (Show Me a Hero) as Wick McFadden, Joy
Bryant (Parenthood) as Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Grace
Gummer as Nora Ephron. A co-production with TriStar Television, Good
Girls Revolt is written and created by Dana
Calvo (Made in Jersey), directed by Liza
Johnson (Return), and executive produced by Calvo, Lynda
Obst (Interstellar), Darlene
Hunt (The Big C), Don
Kurt (Justified) and Jeff
Okin (Dark Skies, Stanley Park). The pilot is inspired
by the landmark sexual discrimination cases chronicled in Lynn Povich's
book, The Good Girls Revolt.

A dark comedy, loosely inspired by Tig
Notaro’s (Boyish Girl Interrupted) life, One
Mississippi follows Tig as she deals with the complex reentry into
her childhood hometown of Bay Saint Lucille, Mississippi, to deal with
the unexpected death of her mother, the interminable life of the party,
Caroline. Reeling from her own recently declining health, Tig struggles
to find her footing with the loss of the one person who actually
understood her, with help from her older but not always wiser brother,
Remy, played by Noah Harpster (Transparent),
and her emotionally distant stepfather, Bill, played by John
Rothman (The Devil Wears Prada). A surprise visit from
Tig’s girlfriend, Brooke, played by Casey
Wilson (Gone Girl) only compounds the reality of how out of
place Tig is in a world without her mother. A co-production with FX
Productions, One Mississippi is written and executive
produced by Notaro and Diablo
Cody (Juno), executive produced by Louis
CK (Louie), Blair
Breard (Louie), and Dave
Becky (Everybody Hates Chris), with pilot directed and
executive produced by Nicole
Holofcener (Enough Said).

Patriot

The political thriller Patriot follows the complicated life of
intelligence officer John Tavner (Australian newcomer Michael
Dorman, Wonderland). His latest assignment is to prevent Iran
from going nuclear, requiring him to forgo all safety nets and assume a
perilous "non-official cover" -- that of a mid-level employee at
a Midwestern industrial piping firm. A bout with PTSD, the Federal
government’s incompetence, and the intricacies of keeping a day job in
the “front” industrial piping company, cause a barrage of
ever-escalating fiascos that jeopardize Tavner’s mission. The pilot also
stars Terry
O’Quinn (Lost) as Tom Tavner, John's State Department
Director of Intelligence father, Michael
Chernus (Manhattan Project), as John's older brother Edward
Tavner, a young Texas congressman, Kathleen
Munroe (Call Me Fitz), as John's wife Alice, Aliette
Opheim (Sandor slash Ida) as Agathe, a brilliant young
homicide detective from Luxembourg hot on John's trail, and Kurtwood
Smith (That 70s Show) as Mr. Claret, John's stickler of a new
"boss" at the piping firm. Patriot is written and
directed by Steven
Conrad (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Weather Man),
and executive produced by Conrad, Gil
Bellows (Temple Grandin), Glen
Ficarra (Crazy Stupid Love, Focus), Charlie
Gogolak (Focus), and John
Requa (Crazy Stupid Love, Focus).

Z

Z is a bio-series pilot based on the life of Zelda Sayre
Fitzgerald, the brilliant, beautiful and talented Southern Belle who
becomes the original flapper and icon of the wild, flamboyant Jazz Age
in the 20s. Starring Christina
Ricci (Monster) as Zelda Sayre, Z starts before she
meets the unpublished writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (Gavin
Stenhouse, Allegiance), and moves through their passionate,
turbulent love affair and their marriage—made in heaven, lived out in
hell as the celebrity couple of their time. The series travels through
the wild parties, the wicked jazz, the dissolute artists of the era, as
well as the alcoholism, adultery and struggle with dashed dreams and
mental illness that characterizes their later years. Z dives
into the fascinating life of a woman ahead of her time, an artist
determined to establish her own identity in the tempestuous wake of a
world-famous husband. The show pulls back the curtain on her triumphs
and dark secrets. It's a modern take on one of the most notorious love
stories of all time, played out in salons and speak-easies from
Montgomery, Alabama to the Cote D'Azur. Z is written by Dawn
Prestwich (The Killing) and Nicole
Yorkin (The Killing), directed by Tim
Blake Nelson (Anesthesia), and executive produced by Pamela
Koffler (Still Alice) and Christine
Vachon (One Hour Photo) of Killer Films, as well as Ricci.
The show also guest stars David
Strathairn (Good Night and Good Luck) as Judge Anthony
Dickerson Sayre, Kristine
Nielsen (Savages) as Minnie Sayre, Maya
Kazan (The Knick) as Livye Hart, Sarah
Schenkkan (30 Rock) as Eleanor Browder, Jamie
Anne Allman (The Killing) as Tootsie Sayre, and Holly
Curran (Alpha House) as Tilde Sayre.

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